Chronic Disease & Conditions Education Lesson Plans
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Canadian Association for School Health

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The lesson plans and learning activities catalogued in this table are presented within these  categories:

	preparing students for chronic disease education
	functional knowledge about chronic diseases
	beliefs/attitudes/perceptions/understandings
	self-knowledge/intentions/image
	skills or learned behaviours
	access to social support/motivation/resisting social influences
	access to school/neighbourhood food services, counseling/information
	special needs and and situations

The Lesson Plans (LP), published learning resources/programs (LR), fact sheets (FS), articles (A)  for student reading) and on-line learning activities (OLA) are listed under these  categories by grade level. The numbers under each category denote the number of resources available. Please note that some topics are covered in more than one domain.

Table of Lesson Plans

Learning/Teaching                                  Teaching About Specific Chronic Disease

	Chronic Disease/Outcomes	K-3	4-6	7-10	11-12
A.	Preparing for learning/teaching about chronic disease
1.	Please see related lesson plans/activities on teaching about related risk factors
a.	healthy eating
b.	physical activity
c.	tobacco use/second hand smoke	2	8	10	5
d.	exposure to sun	4	7	11	10
e.	environmental health (pollution, radiation, hazards, etc.)	7	7	4	4
2.	Students should also have prerequisite, basic knowledge of these topics
a.	health and disease
b.	body organs, parts, senses (heart, pancreas, skin, blood, glands, etc.)		2	2	2
c.	body systems (circulatory, muscular, digestive, respiratory, skeletal, endocrine, blood, etc.)
d.	genes and genetic influences
3.	Living with chronic or incurable diseases
a.	managing feelings
b.	supporting the patient		1	1
c.	supporting family members
d.	self help/support groups
e.	alternative treatments/therapies
f.	support for bereavement/dying/death
4.	Teacher tips
a.	classroom strategies for specific chronic disease (BC Guide)
b.	recognizing children with chronic diseases (BC Guide)
B.	Teaching About Specific Chronic Disease
1.	Diabetes
a.	Knowledge	3	8	10	9
i.	description of types, symptoms, prevalence, history (including correlation with obesity)	1	11	12	10
ii.	key body parts and systems (pancreas)	1	5	6	3
iii.	genetic risks factors	2	6	5	4
iv.	behavioural risk factors	1	2	2	3
v.	environmental risk factors		2	2	2
vi.	prevention	1	9	10	9
vii.	treatment/therapy (advances in research, insulin, dialysis, etc.)	2	5	4	4
viii.	advances in research		2	2	2
b.	Beliefs/Attitudes/perceptions/Understandings
i.	fears and fallacies
c.	self-knowledge	1	3	3	3
i.	avoid consumption of high sugar foods, carbohydrates	1	1	1	1
ii.	assessing your weight	1	1	1	2
d.	Skills
i.	administering insulin in an emergency
ii.	glucose monitoring	1	1	1	1
e.	Access to social support
i.	support groups
ii.	adolescent diabetic challenges
f.	Access to treatment and therapy services
i.	importance of flu shots
ii.	testing services
iii.	medications
g.	Specific needs and situations
i.	administering insulin/managing behaviours in young children
ii	administering insulin/managing behaviours in adolescents
iii.	complications (amputations, loss of sight, memory)	1	1	1	1
iv.	emergency insulin/crisis response/insulin shock
v.	connection to depression/suicide/self-mutilation				1
2.	Cardiovascular Disease
a.	Knowledge
i.	description of types, symptoms, prevalence, history (including importance of lipids, cholesterol)	1	1	1	1
ii.	key body parts and systems (heart, circulatory systems)	21	23	11	2
iii.	genetic risks factors		3	3	1
iv.	behavioural risk factors		3	2
v.	environmental risk factors		3	2
vi.	prevention	20	17	11	3
vii.	treatment/therapy
viii.	advances in research
b.	Beliefs/Attitudes/perceptions/Understandings
c.	Self-knowledge
i.	cholesterol monitoring		2	2	1
d.	Skills
i.	recognize early signs of cardiac event	4	5	5	1
ii.	emergency response to seizure/cardiac arrest	4	5	5
iii.	blood pressure monitoring		7	6	2
e.	Access to social support
f.	Access to treatment and therapy services
g.	Specific needs and situations
3.	Cancer
a.	Knowledge
i.	description of types, symptoms, prevalence, history				2
ii.	key body parts and systems (lung, colon, skin, breast, prostate, etc.)
iii.	genetic risks factors		1	1
iv.	behavioural risk factors		1	1
v.	environmental risk factors		1	1
vi.	prevention		2	2
vii.	treatment/therapy
viii.	advances in research
b.	Beliefs/Attitudes/perceptions/Understandings
c.	Self-knowledge
d.	Skills
i.	self-examination (testicular and breast examination, skin, etc.)
e.	Access to social support
f.	Access to treatment and therapy services
g.	Specific needs and situations
4.	Asthma/Chronic Respiratory Disease/Allergies
a.	Knowledge		1	1
i.	description of types, symptoms, prevalence, history	1	4	3
ii.	key body parts and systems (lungs, respiratory)	4	9	3	1
iii.	genetic risks factors		1	1
iv.	behavioural risk factors		1	2	1
v.	environmental risk factors		1	1
	food allergies
	air quality
	indoor air quality
	dust and mites
vi.	prevention	1	4	3	1
vii.	treatment/therapy
viii.	advances in research
b.	Beliefs/Attitudes/perceptions/Understandings
c.	Self-knowledge
d.	Skills
i.	response to asthmatic attack
e.	Access to social support
f.	Access to treatment and therapy services
g.	Specific needs and situations
5.	Obesity
a.	Knowledge
i.	description of types, symptoms, prevalence, history	1	1	2	3
ii.	key body parts and systems (stomach, pituitary gland, digestive system)		4	4	2
iii.	genetic risks factors
iv.	behavioural risk factors
v.	environmental risk factors
vi.	prevention
vii.	treatment/therapy
viii.	advances in research
b.	Beliefs/Attitudes/perceptions/Understandings
c.	Self-knowledge
d.	Skills
e.	Access to social support
f.	Access to treatment and therapy services
g.	Specific needs and situations
6.	Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
a.	Knowledge
i.	description of types, symptoms, prevalence, history
ii.	key body parts and systems
iii.	genetic risks factors
iv.	behavioural risk factors
v.	environmental risk factors
vi.	prevention
vii.	treatment/therapy
viii.	advances in research
b.	Beliefs/Attitudes/perceptions/Understandings
c.	Self-knowledge
d.	Skills
e.	Access to social support
f.	Access to treatment and therapy services
g.	Specific needs and situations
7.	Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
a.	Knowledge
i.	description of types, symptoms, prevalence, history			1	1
ii.	key body parts and systems
iii.	genetic risks factors
iv.	behavioural risk factors
v.	environmental risk factors
vi.	prevention		1	1	1
vii.	treatment/therapy
viii.	advances in research
b.	Beliefs/Attitudes/perceptions/Understandings
c.	Self-knowledge
d.	Skills
e.	Access to social support
f.	Access to treatment and therapy services
g.	Specific needs and situations
8.	Other Chronic Diseases (epilepsy, cerebral palsy, Crohn Disease, muscular dystrophy, spina bifida, etc.)
a.	Knowledge
i.	description of types, symptoms, prevalence, history	1	1	4	4
ii.	key body parts and systems
iii.	genetic risks factors
iv.	behavioural risk factors
v.	environmental risk factors
vi.	prevention
vii.	treatment/therapy
viii.	advances in research
b.	Beliefs/Attitudes/perceptions/Understandings
c.	Self-knowledge
d.	Skills
e.	Access to social support
f.	Access to treatment and therapy services
g.	Specific needs and situations